Val-de-Saâne

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Gilles Paumier^[1]Area13.87 km² (5.36 sq mi)Population1,476 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation70–158 m (230–518 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val-de-Saâne (French pronunciation: [val də san], literally Vale of Saâne) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.^[3]

Geography

A farming commune situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux, some 19 miles (31 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D2, D25 and the D23 roads. The commune was created in 1964 by the fusion of the four villages of Anglesqueville-sur-Saâne, Eurville, Thiédeville and Varvannes.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Val-de-Saâne are blazoned : Gules, on a cross Or between 2 fleurs-de-lys, an escallop and a rose argent, an inescutcheon vert charged with a cock Or.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	707	—
1975	1,027	+5.48%
1982	1,214	+2.42%
1990	1,257	+0.44%
1999	1,330	+0.63%
2007	1,341	+0.10%
2012	1,460	+1.71%
2017	1,504	+0.60%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the eleventh century.
• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The church of St. Nicaise, dating from the eleventh century.
• The church of St. Pierre at Eurville.
• The sixteenth-century château of Varvannes.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References